Faculty & Research

Robert Freund

Theresa Seley Professor of Management Science
Professor of Operations Research
Deputy Dean

Biography | Publications

Robert Freund's research is in the area of large-scale mathematical models that optimize or improve the performance of management systems, such as personnel scheduling, capacity planning, transportation and routing, and portfolio selection. His practice-oriented research focuses on applying large mathematical models to complex
management and engineering problems, while his more theory-oriented research concerns the underlying mathematical structure of optimization models in general.

Some of Freund's most recent studies have looked at real-time computer pattern recognition, cluster analysis in data mining and dynamic conjoint analysis for new product development. His textbook, Data, Models, and Decisions (Dynamic Ideas 2004), co-written with Dimitris Bertsimas, presents fundamental techniques of management science including decision trees, probability, statistical inference, regression models, simulation models, and linear and nonlinear optimization models.

Prof. Freund is affiliated with MIT's Master of Science Program in Computation for Design and Optimization.

Web Site: http://web.mit.edu/rfreund/www

Working Papers: http://web.mit.edu/rfreund/www/publications.html